A homeless man was arrested for trying to carjack a woman's vehicle while her child screamed in the back seat, police said.

Officers responded to the Walmart parking lot in the 2300 block of NW 23rd Wednesday night around 7 p.m. According to police, the woman put her child in a car seat and turned the car on to run the air conditioning because it was hot.

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Police say that's when Jacob Edwin Flippo, 36, asked the woman for a ride. She said no, and Flippo suddenly jumped into the running car and tried to take off while the child screamed.

A bystander rushed to help and Flippo took off running. Police later found and arrested him.

Flippo is facing complaints of larceny of a motor vehicle and kidnapping. The woman and her child weren't hurt.